AFA Gabriel Chapter Notification - Cold War Museum Presentation

When

Sunday, November 10, 2019 from 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM EST
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Where

Old Bust Head Brewing Company
7134 Farm Station Road
Warrenton, VA 20187

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Contact

Mike Winters
AFA Gabriel Chapter #433
703-409-7474
va433.gabriel@afa.org

Air Force Association

Gabriel Chapter #433
Final Notification

Cold War Museum Presentation

Former Air Force Squadron Commander
Colonel Jack Manclark (USAF, Ret)

"Being the Bad Guys: The Top-Secret Red Eagles vs. The Best U.S. Combat Pilots"

& Cold War Museum Tour

November 10, 2019

The AFA Gabriel Chapter wants to let you know about a presentation at our AFA Community Partner, the Cold War Museum. The guest speaker is former Air Force Squadron Commander Colonel Jack Manclark (USAF, Ret).

Col Manclark (Ret) is the former Squadron Commander of the Red Eagles, America' s Top-Secret MiG squadron. He''ll tell us their story. Their job was to be much better than America's best combat pilots, and to beat them again and again in dogfights until they learned how to defeat advanced MiGs flying with Soviet tactics.

The 4477 Test and Evaluation Squadron operation, code name Constant Peg, was classified Top Secret-Special Access and operated out of Tonopah Test Range, a remote location on the Nellis Range, not far from Area 51. The squadron, known as the Red Eagles, operated from 1978-1987 and was a tri-service operation manned by Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps fighter pilots. The 4477TES flew MiG-17, MiG-21 and MiG-23 aircraft with no flight manuals and very little tech data or spare parts. During the 1980s, they operated a fleet of 26 MiG aircraft and flew over 17,000 sorties with the Soviet aircraft. Over 6,500 fighter crews participated in the Program.

Jack Manclark entered the Ai Force and was commissioned in 1969 through Officer Training School at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. He completed undergraduate pilot training in 1970 and served numerous tours in fighter operations. Mr. Manclark retired from active duty as a Colonel in 1994 and then served as a Member of the Senior Executive Service for sixteen years as the Director of Test and Evaluation, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C. He is currently a Docent at the National Air and Space Museum. He has flown the F-4C/D/E, the F-5E and the MiG-21. For more information about him, see the link below.

To Register for this event, and obtain more information: To Register -- Being the Bad Guys

The museum has requested that AFA members SIGN UP for tickets IN ADVANCE, so that the museum can plan for the number of attendees with Old Bust Head.

The timeline is:

* 1330-1400 - Participants arrive; they may get their beer or other drink at this time.

* 1400-1410 - Jason Hall, Executive Director of the Cold War Museum, introduces the Museum, then Jack Manclark.

* 1410 -1530 - Jack presents on the Red Eagles.

* 1530-1600 - Q&A opportunity for the audience.

* 1600-1700 - The Museum (next door) will be open for event participants, with staff providing a tour for those interested.

The cost is $35, including the presentation; a $7 coupon toward a craft beer draft, Kombucha, or other drink; a $10 contribution to the Cold War Museum; and special access to the Museum (next door) for the events participants following the presentation. Tickets at the door, if available, will be $45.

For the kids, the appropriate drinks will be available.

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